55 Days at Peking

Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and tacit support of the Boxers by the Empress of China and her generals.

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  Charlton Heston

  Maj. Matt Lewis
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  Ava Gardner

  Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
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  David Niven

  Sir Arthur Robertson
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  Flora Robson

  Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi
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  John Ireland

  Sgt. Harry
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  Harry Andrews

  Father de Bearn
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  Leo Genn

  Gen. Jung-Lu
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  Robert Helpmann

  Prince Tuan
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  Kurt Kasznar

  Baron Sergei Ivanoff
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  Philippe Leroy

  Julliard